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McCartney's Ex Donates $1M in Vegan Food

Mills gives soy burgers, hot dogs to poor Bronx neighborhood

(Newser) - Heather Mills certainly has plenty of money after her divorce with Paul McCartney, and she’s spending $1 million of it to buy soy hamburgers, hot dogs, and other vegan meat replacements for one of the Bronx’s poorest neighborhoods, the AP reports. Mills is a vegan animal rights campaigner...

Cindy's Addiction: It Claimed Several Other Victims

Misuse of charity embroiled doctor, aide

(Newser) - Cindy McCain is open about her painkiller addiction in the early 1990s—to a point, the Washington Post reports in an account of that period. Though she speaks of it frequently as a story of personal struggle, what she doesn't say is that she was in serious legal jeopardy for...

At $50M, Oprah Stars on Celeb Giving List

Barbra Streisand ($11M), Paul Newman ($10M) among other 8-figure standouts

(Newser) - Parade's annual list of the 30 most generous celebrities is out, and among the best philanthropists are:
  • Oprah Winfrey: $50.2 million for education, women and children's advocacy.
  • Herb Alpert: $13 million for music education.
  • Barbra Streisand: $11 million for the environment, women's issues, AIDS research.
  • Paul Newman: $10 million
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Swayze Joins Cancer Telethon
 Swayze Joins Cancer Telethon 
Sep 6, 2008 6:48 AM CDT

Swayze Joins Cancer Telethon

Celebrities touched by cancer join historic 3-network telethon

(Newser) - Dozens of Hollywood's finest got together for a historic hour-long, three-network telethon in support of cancer research last night, reports AP. They included cancer survivors Elizabeth Edwards, Christina Applegate and Lance Armstrong, among several others, who made passionate pleas for funding to fight the disease. Cancer kills 550,000 Americans...

Muslim Charities Seek US Seal of Approval

Better Business Bureau will vet groups to encourage donors

(Newser) - Muslim charities will voluntarily open up their books to the Better Business Bureau in the hopes of gettiing donors to reach for their wallets again, the Wall Street Journal reports. A coalition of groups requested the BBB's seal of approval to counter the stigma felt since the Sept. 11 attacks....

Post-Primaries, Bill Hits Road to Recovery

In Africa for his charity, ex-Prez says he 'couldn't be happier'

(Newser) - After a brutal primary race peppered with “YouTube moments” that tarnished his image, Bill Clinton is back to work, traveling through Africa in support of his charity. “This is my life now, and I was eager to get back to it,” the former president told the Washington ...

Weak Dollar Sends Vatican to $14.5M Loss

Catholic church blames declining greenback as it goes into the red

(Newser) - The weak dollar has wreaked havoc on business across Europe, but one organization has posted a surprising loss: the Vatican. The Catholic Church blamed the declining greenback for its first loss in 4 years as it ended the year $14.5 million in the red. The Guardian reports on how...

Motown Crops Spring From Decay

Charity makes dent with farms in desolate Detroit neighborhoods

(Newser) - An ambitious charity thinks it can turn Detroit’s most desolate neighborhoods into bustling farming utopias. The group, dubbed Urban Farming, grows vegetables on vacant land throughout the city, then gives them out for free to local residents, the BBC reports. Parts of Motor City have been transformed by its...

It's Our Tax Money Going to Helmsley's Dogs
It's Our Tax Money Going to Helmsley's Dogs
Opinion
Jul 9, 2008 8:27 AM CDT

It's Our Tax Money Going to Helmsley's Dogs

Charitable donation laws subsidize the whims of the rich

(Newser) - Leona Helmsley’s latest post-mortem shocker—the revelation that she earmarked $8 billion of her charitable bequest for dog welfare—is a perfect illustration of the insanity of our charity laws, writes Ray Madoff for the New York Times. Helmsley isn’t just spending her own money; because charitable donations...

Teen Prostitutes Find Help at LA Shelter

Helping girls, rather than treating them as criminals, focus for Children of the Night

(Newser) - "I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like...

Investor Wins $2.1M Lunch With Buffett

Charity auction for San Francisco homeless sets record

(Newser) - A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay. Zhao Danyang of the Hong Kong-based Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund won the auction, which ended Friday evening with a...

Fuhgeddaboutit! Soprano Garb Grabs $200K

Auction raises money for wounded soldiers

(Newser) - Fans of fictional mob boss Tony Soprano shelled out nearly $200,000 for the outfits he wore on his hit TV series, including a set of "blood-spattered" threads, reports E! Online. Top grossing was the suit and undershirt Tony wore when Uncle Junior shot him in season 6, which...

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals
Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals
OPINION
Jun 25, 2008 4:30 PM CDT

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals

Critics irked US has nearly triple shelters for abused pets

(Newser) - With 3,800 animal shelters in the US to only 1,500 shelters for battered women, economist Allison Schrager tackles the disparity in More Intelligent Life. "If we value people more than animals can we ever justify giving to an animal-welfare charity?" she asks, and underlines the complexities that...

Cindy McCain Wraps Vietnam Charity Stop

Helps kids born with facial deformities via longtime charity

(Newser) - While her rival would-be first lady made a high-profile appearance on "The View" yesterday, Cindy McCain today highlighted her charitable work with a trip to Vietnam to visit a group of children awaiting surgery for facial deformities. The children, born with cleft palates and lips, will receive free corrective...

Rowling's Potter Prequel Conjures Up $49K for Charity

800-word tale features Harry's father

(Newser) - JK Rowling’s handwritten “prequel” to the Harry Potter books has sold for $49,000 at a charity auction to benefit the PEN writers organization, Reuters reports. In the 800-word story, which takes place before Harry’s birth, the boy wizard’s father and Sirius Black use magic to...

Jerry Hall's Wedding Dress Up for 'Cathartic' Auction

She hopes buyer 'has better luck with it than I did'

(Newser) - In the market for some rock 'n' roll history, in lace? Jerry Hall is auctioning off the dress she wore when she married Mick Jagger 18 years ago, along with 60 other designer outfits. "It feels very cathartic," she said.

Zimbabwe Halts Aid Groups, Detains Tsvangirai Again

Mugabe accuses charities of supporting the opposition

(Newser) - Zimbabwe today ordered all charities operating in the country to quit their work, saying they would not be allowed to resume until they had promised not to interfere in the upcoming election, the Guardian reports. The government also detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for the second time this week, Reuters...

Silda Steps Out of Hiding
 Silda Steps Out of Hiding 
May 22, 2008 10:30 AM CDT

Silda Steps Out of Hiding

Spitzer wife schmoozes in first appearance since hubby's sex scandal erupted in March.

(Newser) - While the fictionalized "Law & Order" version of her husband's infamous sex scandal was airing on NBC last night, Silda Wall Spitzer emerged from 2 months of self-imposed exile to attend the Manhattan benefit for Children for Children, the Daily News reports. The wife of prostitute-patronizing former New York...

'Disaster Fatigue' Shuts US Wallets

Burma, China donations pale compared to tsunami, Katrina charity

(Newser) - Americans’ donations to disaster relief this year fall far short of money given to victims of the 2004 tsunami and Hurricane Katrina—and it’s likely due to “disaster fatigue," say experts. With tragedies like Burma’s cyclone and China’s earthquake quickly piling up, people may feel...

Shakira Shakes Cash Loose for Charity
Shakira Shakes Cash Loose
for Charity
May 18, 2008 11:30 AM CDT

Shakira Shakes Cash Loose for Charity

Pair of star-studded shows take on Latin American poverty

(Newser) - Shakira, Ricky Martin, and dozens of other Spanish-speaking pop stars performed at simultaneous fundraising concerts in Mexico City and Buenos Aires yesterday, reports the LA Times. “It is doable, we can really eradicate poverty,” said the Colombian singer, whose shows benefited Alas, a charity that helps Latin America's...

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